Stress and the WAW "consecutive" in biblical Hebrew
The stress patterns of biblical Hebrew are most easily explained as derived from a stage in which words ending in a consonant had final stress, words ending in a vowel, penultimate. Consequently, stress position in the great majority of verb forms with waw consecutive-perfect and imperfect-must have...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
[Jul. - Sep., 1984]
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JAOS
Year: 1984, Volume: 104, Issue: 3, Pages: 437-444 |
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| Summary: | The stress patterns of biblical Hebrew are most easily explained as derived from a stage in which words ending in a consonant had final stress, words ending in a vowel, penultimate. Consequently, stress position in the great majority of verb forms with waw consecutive-perfect and imperfect-must have been the same, at this stage, as in the corresponding forms in other uses, and in most cases the forms would have been identical. Suggestions are made as to how the marks now distinguishing waw consecutive forms arose, and as to the historical context in which such marks became necessary. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, JAOS
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/601654 |